Università Roma Tre

Some issues relating to the use of oral sources for contemporary history will be addressed, retracing the experiences gained in different Italian contexts starting from the 1950s and 1960s. Particular attention will be paid to the construction of the interview, its uses for research, its preservation in the archive and its intersections with other disciplines, including public history. In agreement with the teacher, each student will record an interview which they will then have to transcribe and argue in a thesis.

- Bruno Bonomo, Voci della memoria. L’uso delle fonti orali nella ricerca storica, Carocci, 2013.
- Alessandro Portelli, Storie orali. Racconto, immaginazione, dialogo, Donzelli, 2007.
- Testi in pdf che saranno forniti durante il corso.